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Peter
McBride
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Updated :- Monday, 23 March 2020
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Tool Chest
A window into the 1850's - The
tool chest of Angus McIntyre 1825 - 1907
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I got an email with some pictures of a tool chest and an invitation to
purchase it...Well I brought it home, and on the way
I called in at my friend Rob's place to share the joy. He is a furniture
maker and restorer, and a good one. He put an instant age on it from the
types of wood used in the veneer 1850 - 1870. Almost all the tools are
stamped with the owner's mark A. McIntyre, a good Scottish name. The
moulding planes, the 2 ploughs, and the fillister are made by 3 different
makers, and here is where it gets interesting....Stewart, McPherson and
Mathieson - Edinburgh. According to Goodman in his book British
Planemakers from 1700, when Alex Mathieson took over Stewart's Edinburgh business in
1849 his son Thomas went there and was put in charge, and in 1854 they
moved to the premises of McPherson taking over that maker also. In 1856
the separate Mathieson - Edinburgh business was reunited with Alex
Mathieson and Son and the mark on the tools changed to Mathieson and Son -
Glasgow and Edinburgh. So the tools I have were made pre 1856...nice.
There is a 1/2 set of H&R's (by Stewart), 3 pairs of sash planes including the very
fancy 2 blades ones (by Stewart), and a draw had some treasures that are a
bit of a mystery as to why they are there.
The chest is a big one, 41 x 26 x 26 inch
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13 1/2 inch Spiers Panel Plane, a Lignum handled
bow drill, a Lancashire pattern hacksaw, another drill
and a few other nice handled
tools including a very fine
zig-zag knurling tool.
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Wooden planes by Mathieson - Edinburgh, Stewart
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McPherson, all c1850.
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A panel gauge, a Badger plane by Mathieson - Edinburgh
and 2 jointers by Stewart, 24 inch and 27 1/2 inch long.
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The sash mitre templates for the sash planes
in the group above.
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A huge square (35 inch) and mitre square, next to a seldom
seen Rabone Bros & Co moulding plane.
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Mortise and tenon joint in the large square.
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Chisels and plough blades, sadly only a partial set for the
Handled Math. Edinb. plough plane above.
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Center bits, spoon bits and gimlets...sadly no brace, however
I have a Mathieson - Edinb. beech brace that will suite the age of the
chest.
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Some close up pictures of the small tools.
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Six large countersunk machine screws with captive nuts.
These large screws can be removed and refitted through the top to lock it
down for transport
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More moulding planes included in the chest, but not marked
with the stamp A. McIntyre.
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Some interesting flyers in one of the draws.
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An interesting saw till, but sadly no saws.
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